{"id":20835,"date":"2012-10-23T22:05:56","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T02:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2023-10-05T13:04:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T17:04:53","slug":"snl-slams-apple-tech-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/snl-slams-apple-tech-press\/","title":{"rendered":"SNL Slams Apple &#038; Tech Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/saturday-night-live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-109221 size-thumbnail\" title=\"NL Slam Apple &amp; Tech Press\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/snl_logo.gif?resize=75%2C75&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"NL Slam Apple &amp; Tech Press\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/snl_logo.gif?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/snl_logo.gif?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/a>Remember when <a title=\"Saturday Night Live\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160302142333\/http:\/\/www.nbc.com:80\/saturday-night-live\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saturday Night Live<\/a> was funny?\u00a0<a title=\"Super Bass-O-Matic\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20121227020155\/http:\/\/www.nbc.com:80\/saturday-night-live\/video\/bassomatic\/229056\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Super Bass-O-Matic<\/a>, <a title=\"SNL Killer Bees\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20121222024007\/http:\/\/www.nbc.com:80\/saturday-night-live\/video\/the-killer-bees\/29161\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Killer Bees<\/a>, <a title=\"SNL Hot Tub\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130723045843\/http:\/\/www.nbc.com:80\/saturday-night-live\/video\/james-browns-celebrity-hot-tub-party\/1160071\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hot Tub<\/a>, <a title=\"SNL Joe Cocker\" href=\"http:\/\/www.veoh.com\/watch\/v16039034KRFprghT?h1=John+Belushi+-+With+A+Little+Help+From+My+Friend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Cocker<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120918034537\/http:\/\/www.nbc.com:80\/saturday-night-live\/video\/samurai-delicatessen\/280284\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Samurai Delicatessen,<\/a> Coneheads, or <a title=\"Schweddy Balls\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/saturday-night-live\/video\/nprs-delicious-dish-schweddy-balls\/3505994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schweddy Balls<\/a>. Well SNL hit another home run with it jab at Apple.<\/p>\n<p>In the clip below, they take up the hypocrisy of tech journalism. They poke fun at the <a title=\"iPhone 5 nit-picking\" href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-1035_3-57526997-94\/apple-maps-stinks-ios-6-leaks-data-should-i-get-the-iphone-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nit-picking<\/a> they are famous for versus the real <a title=\"Worker abuse\" href=\"http:\/\/hothardware.com\/News\/Report-Details-Continuing-Foxconn-Abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">human toll<\/a> that <a title=\"Foxconn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxconn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Foxconn<\/a> (<a title=\"HK:2038\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/investing\/stock\/2038?countrycode=HK&amp;link=MW_story_quote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2038<\/a>) and\u00a0<a title=\"Apple Computers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple<\/a> (<a title=\"NASDAQ : AAPL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-AAPL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AAPL<\/a>) take on <a title=\"China\" href=\"https:\/\/wikitravel.org\/en\/China\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chinese<\/a> workers that churn out the latest igadget.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/51392953\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230617221930\/https:\/\/vimeo.com\/51392953\">Saturday Night Live Pokes Fun at iPhone 5 Tech Pundits<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180520185842\/https:\/\/vimeo.com\/ahmadnazirafiq\">Ahmad Nazir Afiq<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>rb-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>LOL at the classic Chinese satirical dance. Too bad nobody in <a title=\"China\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=39.9166666667,116.383333333&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=39.9166666667,116.383333333%20%28China%29&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation noopener noreferrer\">China<\/a> will ever see this.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on <a class=\"broken_link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rb48334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ralph.bach.14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rbach48334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>. Email the Bach Seat\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:\/\/bach.seat@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SNL takes on tech journalist hypocrisy who nit-pick the iPhone and not the real human toll that Foxconn &#038; Apple take on Chinese workers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2197,420,101,32,35,289,304,12,1401],"class_list":["post-20835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-2197","tag-aapl","tag-apple","tag-business","tag-china","tag-foxconn","tag-iphone","tag-outsourcing","tag-saturday-night-live"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20835"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132837,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20835\/revisions\/132837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}